The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 7, 1928, Page 4

poahe Page Four BROACH TOO AUGUST 7, 1928. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YO K HUDSON AVE. JOB FROM LOCAL 20 FOR DE RK, TUESDAY, gee MANDING ORGANIZATION OF UTILITY WORKERS (By BS rectiiat Coemsin i of Electrical Workers to do the | successfully undertook to organize | union for complete organization of | smash Local 20 for it’s militant de- | Broach immediately set about tak-) tive policy the work of the Hudson | bers of Local 20, the smashing tac- BIE hive ents thc cs i “seed work of the Hudson Avenue Power the Hudson Avenue Power House, the utility electrical workers has mand for complete organization of ing that work away from them) Avenue Power House was lost to | ties employed by Broach serve only eat Ne 60 1 lembership of House, Local 20 is an organization |the members Df Local 20 were en-| become unbearable to H. H. Broach, utility electrical workers, under the pretense that the work in | the members of Local 20 and to the’| one purpose, that of exposing him g were granted the right of public utility electrical workers. titled to this consideration. International representative in New On becoming aware of the work question rightfully belonged to Lo- members of Local 3 as well. in his true role, that of a master by the International Brotherhood SOME POINTED MEAN QUESTIONS But “Caesar” Knows the Answers, No Doubt (By Electrical Correspondent) When W. H. Broach of the Elec- trical Workers’ Union first came to New York for his so-called “organ- ization” campaign he told the mem- bership that it would not cost the local one cent and that it would give a lot of money to the local In view of the fact that Local 20 k i Mr. H. H, Broach, vice-preside: Well, Don’t They Look It? The insistence by members of this York. Broach is determined to O, Mr. Broach: Worker Correspondent Pagi . BROACH AIMS TO GET MORE POWER “IN LOCAL THREE Amendments Read y| for Thursday Meet | eral idea that the electrical work- ers are rolling in luxury. About two years ago the electrical workers in New York were demand- ing an increase in wages. The| Brotherhood sent H. H. Broach, its |international vice-president, to tak | | Continued from Page One nt of the International Brother- granted the members of Local 20, ORGANIZATION ALWAYS FOILED BY HH. BROACH No Effort. to Unionize Now Being Mnde (Ry Electrical Correspondent) Your articles on Loeal 3, of the T. B. E. W, carried in your militant paper well express the sentiment of not only the progressive members of Local 8 who have red blood in them, but also that of the unorgan- ed electricians in New York. cal 3, As a result of this destruc- theatre on 42nd St. with an ii portation from France. The play is | to be known here as “The Unknown | Warrior” and. is the work of Paul Raynal, translated by Cecil Lewis. It is due sometime next month. Other productions which Hopkins may do here are Milne’s “The Fourth Wall”; Georg Kaiser’s “The Great Fire in the Opera House; “L’Image,” Amiel, and “The Wages of by Harrison Owen. aoe ee Max Marcin announces the metro- politan premiere of his new play, | “Trapped,” of which Samuel Ship-| HARLES HOPKINS will open his} Far from discouraging the mem- IN “BLACBIRDS OF 1928” 6. labor faker. —R. A. M. ng You in Name of 5,000 Unionists George Kaise’rs New. Plav and 3RQACH ATTACKS Milne Farce Listed by Hopkins SARRED MEMBERS AT RECENT MEET Jnsults Progressive | Who Dared Flay Him (By Electrical Correspondent) At the regular meeting of Tocal |8, I. B. of E, W. last Thursday at the Central Opera House, East 67th St., Broach made a most demogogie | attack on the hundreds of members, | whom he has barred from meetings, in a strenuous effort to belittle treasury. To prove it he turned hood of Electrical Workers, who is demanding $150,000 for legal charge of the situation, After con-| The unorganized electricians who | man is co-author, for this evening at} them in the eyes of the member A \ over the first ten thousand dollars. j70 7 as 0 eae He is mot basing his demand on his consistent | ferring with the bosses who had, as|are working for unthinkably low|the Forrest Theatre, The cast in-| ship, He stated that in any organi-* | He also claimed that the dues were ““e#Pensel” @ year. ile It Nal tn fact, to organize anything, usual, been bitterly opposed to the| wages and miserable conditions are | cludes Felix Krembs, John Miltern, zation of 7,000 members, at least too high and said that the local, 7/Uhh alleged dickera with the contractors, or those swell Park | Wage increase, Broach mysteriously| also affected by the present admin- | Frank Monrog, Calvin Thomas, Lin- % /500 or 1,000 are mentally unbal- should run much cheaper since it) {1 ie dinners, or his program for squelching protests from pro- | announced an easy vietory. istration in Loeal 3. |da Watkins, Edward Woods, Mary a 8 lanced, and that this trait can be had so large a membership. He also“ "8" ves and swelling the net receipts: for the Broach machine. Later it became known just what} H. H. Broach, who is well named | Robinson, Alf Helton, Ralph Locke, | oe cement traced to their family trees. said that no man should be elected gressives and swelling hh Nel best misleadership so far. Next |took place at. the conference table| “Little Caeser” is not onlv betray- | Clarence Risien and George Larken.| Adelaide Halll is one of the fea- for more than one year at a time. pica if ; e ine ie alinm wt. Hogan, financial secretary of \between Broach and the employers.|ing the members of Local 3 but also | i Fe . farea levine Neaen aubnieal weenie Broach then referred to: Israel Broach always claimed it was a 7 nM posed at the time of the Lakewood Building trades in- The bosses at the time were com-|the great majority of the unorgan-| And now we shall have a musical) “Blackbirds of 1928,” now hold. TOPPERS 8 Meanie Ga A Cd business organization. ce eigation umang other labor corruptionists, be still is kept in power | plaining that a considerable part of ized electricans. Although the | version of “Romeo and Juliet.” At| ing forth at the Liberty Theatre, | 10 ™ dang as gayi Ee | Some Questions, Fea onan mirchine and works together with Broach.” What has |the work in the trade was being| members of Local 3 are heavily |jcast George White says so. He eon ; ght ot th A whe Rave aa | .Now, Broach, show the members) 44 o¢¢ on tha machine that they have to keep him. in office? done by the open-shop, smaller con-| taxed to pay a salary of $115 a| plans to make a modern circus of the| "4 lyrics with Ray Henderson do- | 7° CDT WhO nee ane | what a good man you are by send- __"@ 9! om the ™ cithese os Mud Shc aah ok oS ihaa Duai |cerns, The game agreed upon was| Week to an organizer no attempt is| Shakespeare play-extremely up-to-|iM# the score. to take the floor and voice their | ing each and every member a finan- to organize these small shops so/ being made to organize the unor-| date, He is working on the book * * * Cue i in direct kia b cial statement of the Lecal No. 3's MES Ss A RF TO A is 15 that the big fellows could eliminate | #anized electricians. ie * | Katherine Carrington. has _been| Broaett’s reactionary tactio®. Bross | finances so that they may read and their competition. This was the Demands Organiatoin. |succeeded in entering Local 3, ‘The |°RS&&ed for “An Unmarried Father,” | ty oomne to hie office and dare to | study it, Don’t be afraid, if you trade made by Broach, | The electricians of New York | rest were turned loose. e |the play.by Floyd Dell and Thomas | jemand his “rights.” Broach sar. are a good business man. Also tell ELECTRIC W O RK E RS Broach Admits Deal. [have demonstrated time and again | This, however, did not discourage | Mitchell, which will be Crosby |CSttically denounced Josephson for us what right the treasurer has to In a hearing before the Industrial their determination to become |the men who were determined to | @#ige's first production of the sea-| «rights and “wrongs.” It seems sign checks all hours of the night oe 5 Survey Commission last - winter,| unionized. Several organizations | fight for a livelihood. The men or- | 8°: z te eaeiing the difference between and early morning? Has he got The Daily Worker has for two years been making an active fight Broach openly admitted that he|were formed for the last 12 years | ganized again into the Alteration TR that Broach detests any man who, legal vouchers for all checks he] sop hetter conditions in the electrical workers’ trade. For the past year came to New York City at the re-| wth the aim of entering into Local |and Maintenance Union, which was| MAY WIRTH CHIEF ge eooaeuitedaua ip kiss igns, and have all vouchers been | 11+. Diner has found it necessary to expose the role played by H. H./ quest of the big fellows in the in- 3 or becoming a branch of Local 3 later changed to the Independent ATTRACTION AT the ealutation of “ellgw woekere i. vead to the body as they should be | DU* DOPIT | UM stional vice-president of the Brotherhood, who came into Gustry to eliminate “the carpet bag-| and thereby improve their conditions. | Local 1. | LUNA PARK CIRCUS ; vead according to our local’s by- Abe i : ve ee s “Soloman.” eawes® i A They ull failed, The desire for 3 L ripe piace | Breach admitted the: fact that he ‘ana the New York situation as a “progressive” and a “re! gers” as he called the others. ey 7 Gerd : in: Stool -Pisconss uuna Park’s Circus is being over-| has organized a clique, or machine, awd The O'Hara administration, which union was,especially demonstrated | § igeons. crowded, so Manager Arthur Jarvis | Po2, Coen que, ; By At one of the meetings this year you said that it cost the organiza- Hon $190,000 for lawyers’ fees.| This is only a small number compared with the thousands in the trade. Now, if everything is on the “up,” as you say it is, iet us know what yhoce hands this issue will be placed in order to explain to them the law firms got the money and how sauch each firm received, Why the high costs of the lawyers? You also said at the last meeting that von would use $200,000 right away if you could get it. Why do you © Two years ago the Daily Worker was practically unknown to the electrical workers: Today, several This message is written to the real purpose of this paper and the pi struggles. OWNED AND CONTROLL The Daily Worker, unlike the papers of the big business interests, is not conducted for profit. It does then controlled Local 3, fought against the policy of opening the to new members, a policy h was bad for the union just as other policies and methods worked against the interest of the members. How Broach got rid of | the O’Hara group is well known to the labor movement. * That Broach did this job for his hundred of them read it regularly. thousands of electrical workers into art it plays, and must play, in their LED BY THE WORKERS. not live on advertising and operates need stich a large sum of money if on a deficit 52 weeks a year—made up, of course, by the workers them-/ own purposes and not for the good the local is in ship-shape order, as selves who own) control and direct its policies. you claim? How About the Dinner? Tell us about the dinner that J. Livingston, the electrical cont-actor, wave last year, where you spoke to the contractors about the coming agreement. We understand that you told them a lot of mistakes were wade and that you would rectify then When they asked you about he fines that were imposed upon the menibers you said that you would | also take care of that, and that you stop its fight against the labor traitors—because it speaks for a part wonld “see to if.” When they asked In fact, the Daily | of the organization soon became ap- Worker is the only daily paper in the English language really owned and | parent, controlled by the workers themselves. * 66The Daily Worker cannot be bought. political party, the Workers (Comm lan uncompromising struggle against the bosses and their tools in the | ganize mass workers, labor movement, the misleaders of th carry out the policies of the bosses. recently there was a rumor that the Daily Worker has been and that it would stop its exposures The Daily Worker cannot be bought up; it cannot be influenced to WoT! that cannot have any other program. * | Then Broach» proceeded half- . heartedly with his so-called organi-| It is the official organ of a zation scheme. That he really knows | Party which is committed to, practically nothing about how to or- in spite of his| ¢ workers, who directly or- indirectly | high-sounding boasts, has been am- This point is emphasized because ply proved in New York just as it “reached” | was proved during his activities in, |the 1919 steel strike where those | king with him testify that he) y | was wholly incompetent and that he} is “yel.ow.” unist) of the Broach machine, ‘are and no matter in 1926, when 1,600 joined the organization known as the E. W. A., within a period of six months. : H. H, Broach seeing the organi- zation grow by leaps and bounds, decided to break it up. He proposed to take all the members in at $150 | initiation fees without any diserim- ination, The E, W. A. agreed, for that time the fees were $200 and the books closed. One of the conditions that Broach demanded was that the organization dissolve at once. This was done. After waiting for over a year less than 200 out of the original 1,600 rank and file to fairs. 2. Every barred man must be permitted to enter the meeting and take part in the union business. He must be given an opportunity to ex- press his views no matter what these whom these electricans | But here again, the organization | after a few months of existence dis- | solved. The corrupt and dishonest | leadership of this organization to- | gether with the stool-pigeons whom | Broach sent in, sold out the organi-| zation. One set of officials sold it | to Broach, another one to Dick} O'Hara, former president of Local | 3, who was expelled from that local on charges of graft and corruption, At the present time there is no_ | attempt being made to organize the | electricians. This despite the fact | that electricians are suffering most | | from unemployment and as a result | (of this—low wages. | | The wages of the average elec- | trician today is $6 per day. | But because of the miserable con- | ditions these men are undergoing and because of the experience they | had with H. H. Broach, the deter- | mination towards organization is | greater than ever before. has decided to increase the seating capacity of the stadium. The in- erease in the attendance at the cir- cus is due to a series of acts that heretofore have only appeared with the largest circuses. May Wirth supported by the vari- ous members of the famous Wirth family, recognized as the greatest equestrian act in all the world is the top line at Luna Park. Adelé Nel- son and her trained baby elephants is another, and “The Aerial Smiths” is a popular third. Another feature is the comedy clowning act of the DeKos Brothers. 1,128 Miners Killed at Work in Country in Last Half Year WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.— One thousand one hundred twenty- jsaying that this Was necessary in order to have perfect “harmony” and cooperation inside the/local. He stated that the Communists should be the last on earth to sqauwk about his machine, as they themselves. had organized the most powerful ma- }chine in the world soon’ after the |revolution in Russia. Broach com- pletely dodges the faci that the |“machine” organized inj the Soviet Union is solely for the benefit of the workers, whereas his machine is |for the full benefit ofYhimself and | his officials. Broach stated that @he did |deem it advisable to ‘consult |membership in reference to | changes and additions, to the laws. His reason for /this was the fact that the membership was not fully familiar with thetconditions as they exist inside the local at the present time. Therefore he decided that the officials, who were thoroughly Fontan all “facts,” should assume the not the the by- “The electricians will not be fooled eight miners were killed while at any more by job-seekers in their| Work in the various mines in the own organization nor will they be| United States during the last half fooled by Mr, H. H. Broach, the Year, the Bureau of Mines reports. “Little Caeser” of Local 3. The bituminous fields have taken a|next regular meeting: of the local INORGANIZED ELECTRICIANS. | toll of 901 lives and the fatalities |and take the floor to/denounce the - — jin the anthracite mines amounted to| man who has proved’to be a reac- aTB. tionary labor faker. —N. N. i The organization fizzle in New| opinions displease. | a epapensibil® vou about labels on fixtures you told When the Daily Worker first began its exposures of Broach and|-york cont the union about $100,000,!° 8. A plan for unemployment re- them that you could not write it into pis tocal gang, the little tryrant fumed and stormed and threatened to ‘Then the real career of the “Lit-|lief. Reduction of high salaries i akigapebee but you agreed Fight | send for the writer of the article. BUT BROACH KNEW BETTER! tle Cassar” began. He introduced | during the period in which members Po leurine ‘eves No. ea the GAME OF A LABOR FAKER. a set of regulations in the local) are out of work and some of them contractors’ association need not His game now is to attack the Communists as “radicals,” impractical,” | which can be equalled only by Ms J ia rig prpaiiens of aie. hother about labels. Did you write |foolish, ete. He claims to have tried their methods and have found | practices of the greatest labor faker,| 4. e elimination of the gang- : More lately he has been passing along the lie that Berry, of the Printing Pressmen’s | ster rule at meetings, the elimination them a letter to that effect? You) them “unworkable.” ; F : : also told them that you would agree |the Commumists have wrecked every union in which they”have been| Union. If a member discusses union |of the spotters and the reign of ter- he meeting, he is liable to rer. to any system of helpers they |aetive. Now, every intelligent worker must understand that this is the | issues at th i rs SNe zs wanted, even the old one, that is, | ysual smoke ee put owt by the labor fakers to hide the real issues. a heavy fine or suspension, Hun-| 5. A real organization campaign. one helper to each man; and, be- ; A # = he C inte dreds of-members are kept out of | A union controlled in the interests sides, you gave them to understand The issue is not Communism and the Communists. the meetings, @ gang of spotters of the membership, that they could writa their own The issues in the labor movement today are lowering wage levels, watch at the entrance. Hired slug-| FIVE THOUSAND MEMBERS agreements so long as they would | increasing unemployment, the attack of the bosses. on the unions, the gers and paid police i the fashion| AT THE THURSDAY MEETING! sign with you. Is this not the large masses of the unorganized, used by the employers to drive down of the John Lewis of the mine work-| DEFEND THE UNION AGAINST truth, Broach? Yes or no? the standards of the organized workers, scab conditions on the job, crafters, are the methods of Broach. THE TRAIORS AND THE BOSSES’ And Another Dinner? \divisions in the unions which weaken the struggle of the workers. | One of the chief schemes Broach | AGENTS! There was another dinner that | These are the issues and the important arises of whether the leaders | was interested in was the sale of in-| ~~~ you and the contractors had, at No. | will fight against these evils or lay down and work with the bosses. | surance to the membership. The * 2 Park Ave. where you told them| - id |real graft of this scheme cannot be what a nice electrical business they fe The Daily Worker says fight! The Communists say fight! That exposed here. Soon Broach began had and how you were going to ig why the bosses and the labor fakers hate the Daily Worker and the| promising the men that if they “be- manke it better for them by putting | Communists, haved” everything would be “won- the BX out of the way, also how AND THAT IS WHY THE DAILY WORKER IS THE PAPER | derful.” * one of vour own field forces spoke | Fon THE WORKERS! But conditions on the job were go-| aud put his foot in it by telling) “omy a small number of the electrical workers ing from bad to worse. When the| them how “cheap” some of them einake ite i aa pita ‘ ge of Communism. But this is the right road for them to follow | present unemployment crisis set in,| ” y t the . rf * 4 vere and how they were cutting the ist the same. They and other workers will learn this fact with the r the members naturally looked to! k another 4 | eee PAA date one sharpening of the struggle. | Broach for some real plan of relief. ; 4 ee! He offered them “sympathy” and 7 vi t al 8 ing to eG iy ont as cag bleed veche finally admitted that he could do lity. The progressive group of Local 3 | urges every member ‘to attend the | The Vege-Tarry Inn “GRINE KRETCHMRB"” BEST VEGETARIAN Foon MODERN IMPROVEMENTS DIRECTIONS: Take ferries at 234 St, Christopher St., Barclay St. or. Hudson Tubes to Hoboken, Lacka- wanaa Railroad — to Heights, N. J, -» 45 St., i hway BERKELEY HEIGHTS |) Ree Benign #0 Mats. Tuesd : a0 wens tuesday and Thursday, 2:30 $100,000 se Anmcs IN RovaNc Mats, Wed. & Sat. To fight against the imperialist war on Nica- ragua and the war preparations now being made by Wall Street for another bloody con- Berkeley |. The Heart of Coney Island Battle of Chateau Thierry May Wirth, Phil & Family in. BIG FREE CIRCUS Lunws Great Swimming Pool 50 Acres of Real Fun LUNA PAR CHANTIN’S, W. of Broadway 46th St. Brenig? at 8:35 Mats. Wed. & Sat. SCHWAB ana MANDEL’S MUSICAL SMASH Good NEW with GEO. OLSEY and HIS MUSIC PARACHUTE JUMPER KILLED. FLINT, Mich.,, Aug. 6 (UP).—Or- ville Heppenstall of Flint fell 3,000 feet into a moadway and was crushed to deathilast night, when he Money Refunded if Not Satisfied With Play, ‘CAMEO “2 Now _ ADOLPHE MENJOU in “The Woman of Paris” and “CALIGARY” understand the || * Every electrical worker should read the Daily Worker: * * American boys and helpers by the (1) Because the Daily Worker is the only paper which really speaks |"thing. | When the members fought flict, in which the American workers and ex- ee ee Crassic | was attempting a parachute jump + enormous. dues that your pet offi- for the workers and truly represents their interests. aoc Angad of them: were sex ploitad farmohs willbe ficed. Send i IDT here. cers of the local want to put over (2) Because it. fights the enemies of the workers, inside and out-|‘luded from the meetings. : will:he aecrific ene Se FOUr, on them. It is you and the con-+ side of the labor movement—no other paper does this. | Then the “great organizer” an- contributions to the NATIONAL ELECTION tractors. Birds of a feather flock-| (3) Because the Daily Worker, fights for the organization of the|Rounced his famous scheme sbout CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, 43 East 125th St., ing together. “BX.’ (Metal-insulated wire, Ed.) e DAILY WORKER : International Costume Carnival SUNDAY, AUGUST 19—PLEASANT BAY PARK " unorganized, for better wages, decreased hours, union condi- Well x. hee hi Now, about the building trades tions on the job, for a labor party, for a workers’ and farmers’ bird satagd deohion tenet cera souncil. They, as a body, voted not government, for a world fit to live in for those who toil. |this turned out and no more need | *o interfere with our affairs. Tell s y 2 | be said about it. ~s what part Halcket, Patterson and | IT IS YOUR DUTY TO BUY, READ, DISTRIBUTE, AGITATE| No real organization drive, no| Keamally played in that little party FOR THE DAILY WORKER. You are a worker; it is your paper. It) protection of the men on the jobs. nd who on the council had sent needs your help just as you need the advice and help of the paper and|If a union man gets fired, he is told | that little letter to the contractors | the movement which it represents. he is “out of luck.” No attempt to! ‘and who had dictated it, and what BUY THE DAILY WORKER REGULARLY! organize the public utilities, which was the cost to the local, if any, to carry the paper. This is your fight! |the International has agreed not to ‘and who got the money? ay Sod Also you must write in to the paper. Become an clectrical worker | touch. Instead we have vicious at- Now. Broach, your organization | correspondent. We will keep your name in confidence, and correct your | tacks against the Communists, an ‘=smmittee organized the subway | English if necessary. issue which he uses as a smoke ‘actrical workers. Now tell | The Daily Worker has nearly three thousand worker correspondents | screen to hide his own failures, | ‘shat pay they get on hay eg from every trade and section in the United States. Low Wages, Bad Conditions. _ * the electrical vane t ie a . it We now have a dozen or more correspondents from the electrical| The average electrician in New. sho runs ag ghey seri * industry who helped to make up this page. We should have one hundred. | York works no more than 6 months | he subway? Tel me e bac r a It is your duty to write to your paper. Your fight is incomplete unless|a year and averages no more than | =en organized in the subway and | you report it to the Daily Worker. |$35 per week, Nearly a dollar, and ~hot was promised them by your | - ai te, i know that he | sideration is given t e tor | |a half a week total charges goes to ld men. Do you sideration is given to the contractor! The telephone company has WOU ee ealogi” Flow eiueH ie ent +34 them he could “class A” each who does your bidding? had any agreement for the past 15 | efter one year? | What salary does McIntyre drawjyears. How is it that aah don’t And how ®bout the thousands who Your pet executive board is fining |and what payroli is he on? If you stop them wken you and your busi- | WO?K under non-union conditions at sembers large sums of money, some |and your officers have the member- ness manager know that the old | %6: 7 and even less, per day? «2 high as $500, and the excuse |chip at heart, why don ‘hey stop agreement is being violated every | Every single member of the union hey give to the man fined is that drainingithelr salary’ and put their|day? Still you talk a lot about | must come to the Thursday meeting ‘ey do not work according to the|money into « fund for the mem-|them at the meeting, Please tell and fight for his union. A reaction-| ‘loetrien] code. Now, Broach, we|bers who are out of work, so that|the membership about your connec- | @tY machine can win only oa et anid like to see you and your pet|they can pay unemployment insur-|tions with the telephone company. the members stay away from iifect- | “*icers take an electrical examina- | ance? | Are you afraid of them, or is there ings and refuse to fight. ‘an: abewe all, your business man-| No, you don't want that. What | another reason why you dé‘not or-| The progressive electrical work- «ey, Fliess, and you, Broach. you want is to bleed them for more | ganize the large public utilities? |ers demand: _ Yow many members have been|when you know that they cannot We would like to know these facts,| 1. The elimination of the dictation ytea’ from the job and what con- pay now. | Broach. S. D. (of Broach’ and the freedom of the ¥ } s \ New York. 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